An area of heavy precipitation developed across Washington county within the deformation zone of an upper low during the afternoon of the 31st. Precipitation early in the afternoon was a mix of light rain and freezing rain.
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The episode as NWS CAR wrote it up.
An area of heavy precipitation developed across Washington county within the deformation zone of an upper low during the afternoon of the 31st. Precipitation early in the afternoon was a mix of light rain and freezing rain. Temperatures aloft cooled while the precipitation intensified allowing an initial transition to heavy sleet and then heavy snow through the mid to late afternoon hours. Sleet rapidly accumulated 1 to 2 inches in a short time. Warning criteria sleet accumulations were met during the late afternoon. The sleet transitioned to an area of very heavy snow during the late afternoon and evening which eventually focused into a heavier band with lighter snows on either side. Winds occasionally gusted to 30 to 40 mph during the time of heaviest snow. The heavy snow and blowing snow reduced visibilities below a quarter mile at times during the late afternoon into the evening creating hazardous driving conditions. Snow intensities diminished during the evening along with the winds. However...lighter snows persisted into the early morning hours of April 1st. Storm total snow accumulations through the early morning hours of April 1st ranged from 4 to 8 inches within the heavier band...with 3 to 5 inch accumulations on either side of the band.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Caribou, ME wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 31, 10:45 AM EST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 1145 AM EDT MON MAR 31 2014 .SYNOPSIS... LOW PRESSURE WELL SOUTH OF THE AREA WILL SLOWLY TRACK EAST TODAY AND TONIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO BUILD EAST TUESDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... UPDATE: 1145 AM PATCHY LGT FZRA CONTINUES ACROSS THE CWA. AN AREA OF PCPN HAS MOVED INTO THE DOWNEAST COAST THAT IS CURRENTLY PRODUCING LIGHT RAIN AND SLEET. ADJUSTED GRIDS TO REFLECT THE RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET FOR COASTAL ZONES...MINOR ADJUSTMENT TO HRLY TEMPS AND SKYCON TO KEEP THINGS CURRENT. .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...ORIG DISC: PESKY VERTICALLY STACKED LOW PRES WELL S OF THE AREA CONTS TO SPIN S OF CAPE COD AND THROW MOIST AIR UP ACROSS OUR REGION. DESPITE THIS...BEST FORCING HAS BROKEN INTO 2 MAIN AREA W/ THE FIRST SHIFTING E OF THE AREA LATE SUNDAY AND THE SECOND FOCUSING OVR CENTRAL AND SRN NEW ENGLAND WHERE REGIONAL RADAR LOOPS SHOW DECENT RETURNS BACK ACROSS FAR SWRN MAINE/SRN NH AND PTS S. AS A RESULT...THINGS ARE RATHER QUIET ACROSS OUR AREA W/ CLDY SKIES AND LITTLE IN THE WAY OF ANY ORGANIZED PRECIP. LATEST MODEL GUIDANCE DOES SUGGEST ANOTHER SURGE OF MOISTURE MAY WORK INTO OUR SRN/SERN AREAS TODAY BUT CENTRAL AND NRN AREAS EXPECTED TO SEE MINIMAL ADDITIONAL PRECIP. THEREFORE HAVE MADE THE FOLLOWING CHANGES THIS FCST CYCLE: FIRST - HAVE EXTENDED THE WNTR WX ADV ACROSS OUR SRN AREAS A FEW ADDITIONAL HRS. TEMPS REMAIN NR THE FREEZING MARK ACROSS OUR DOWNEAST AREAS AWAY FROM THE COAST AND ANY ADDITIONAL PRECIP ACROSS THESE AREAS THIS AM COULD BE IN THE FORM OF SOME LGT FZRA. NEXT...HAVE DROPPED THE WNTR WX ADV CENTRAL AND N AS ANY ADDITIONAL PRECIP SHOULD BE INCONSEQUENTIAL. FOR TONIGHT...RIDGE OF HIGH PRES W/ DRIER AIR WILL FINALLY BEGIN TO BUILD EWRD AND ACROSS OUR AREA LATER TNGT INTO TUE. THIS SHOULD RESULT IN CLRG SKIES ACROSS THE FA LATER TNGT/ERLY TUE. TEMPS TODAY AND TNGT SHOULD REMAIN JUST A LITTLE BLO SEASONAL NORMS...&& .SHORT TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... THE UPPER LOW FINALLY WILL MOVE EAST OF NOVA SCOTIA ON TUESDAY ALLOWING A NARROW UPPER RIDGE TO BUILD ACROSS THE REGION. EXPECT PARTLY/MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 30S TO LOWER 40S NORTH AND LOW 40S CENTRAL AND DOWNEAST. MAINLY CLEAR SKIES CAN BE EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR RADIATIONAL COOLING CONDITIONS. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO IN THE COLDER NORTHERN VALLEY LOCATIONS. LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK WELL TO OUR NORTH ACROSS QUEBEC ON WEDNESDAY PUSHING A WEAK COLD FRONT/TROF ACROSS THE REGION. THERE COULD BE THE CHANCE OF A SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS NORTHERN AND WESTERN AREAS OTHERWISE THIS FEATURE WILL NOT PRODUCE MUCH IN THE WAY OF ANY PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE REST OF THE CWA. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD TOWARD THE REGION WEDNESDAY NIGH THROUGH FRIDAY WITH DRY WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED. LOW PRESSURE WILL APPROACH THE REGION FROM THE WEST FRIDAY NIGHT AND THEN SLOWLY CROSS THE REGION THROUGH SUNDAY. THIS SYSTEM COULD PRODUCE SOME SNOW OR RAIN FOR NEXT WEEKEND. TEMPS THROUGH THE PERIOD WILL BE NEAR NORMAL. && .AVIATION /16Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... NEAR TERM: MVFR CONDS ACROSS ALL OUT TAF SITES ATTM... EXPECT MVFR CONDS TO CONT TODAY W/ PSBL IFR ACROSS THE SRN TAF SITES. EXPECT CONDS TO IMPROVE TO VFR AT ALL THE TAF SITES LATER TNGT AS DRIER AIR FINALLY BEGINS TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION... SHORT TERM: VFR CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED THOUGH MOST OF THE PERIOD. && .MARINE... NEAR TERM: SLOW MOVG LOW PRES SYSTEM S OF THE AREA CONTS TO BRING BRISK NNE WNDS TO OUR WATERS... WILL CONT THE GLW INTO TUE AS IT APPEARS LOW PRES WILL BE SLOW TO MOVE OUT OF THE PICTURE... SHORT TERM: A GALE WARNING REMAINS UP THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...OTHERWISE EXPECT SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS TUESDAY. WIND/SEAS WILL THEN REMAIN BELOW SCA LEVELS THROUGH THE MID TO LATE WEEK PERIOD. && .HYDROLOGY... SIGNIFICANT RAINS HAVE ENDED ACROSS THE WATCH AREA ATTM... SOME LGT RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BACK INTO OUR SRN/SERN AREAS LATER THIS AM BUT ADDITIONAL QPF AMOUNTS SHOULD NOT BE A FACTOR. AREA RIVERS/STREAMS PER LATEST GAGE READINGS HAVE SHOWN RISES BUT NOTHING THREATENING. AS A RESULT...HAVE DROPPED THE FLOOD WATCH W/ THIS PCKG... && .CAR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ME...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY FOR MEZ015>017. MARINE...GALE WARNING UNTIL 11 AM EDT TUESDAY FOR ANZ050>052. && UPDATE...NORTON NEAR TERM...KHW SHORT TERM...DUDA LONG TERM...DUDA AVIATION...KHW/DUDA MARINE...KHW/DUDA HYDROLOGY...KHW
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME 906 AM EDT MON MAR 31 2014 MEZ001>006-010-011-029>032-011315- NORTHWEST AROOSTOOK-NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK-NORTHERN SOMERSET- NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS-NORTHERN PENOBSCOT-SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK- CENTRAL PISCATAQUIS-CENTRAL PENOBSCOT-COASTAL HANCOCK- COASTAL WASHINGTON-SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS-NORTHERN WASHINGTON- 906 AM EDT MON MAR 31 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL MAINE...NORTH CENTRAL MAINE...NORTHERN MAINE...SOUTHEAST MAINE AND WEST CENTRAL MAINE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MEZ015>017-011315- SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT-INTERIOR HANCOCK-CENTRAL WASHINGTON- 906 AM EDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL MAINE AND SOUTHEAST MAINE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ050>052-011315- COASTAL WATERS FROM EASTPORT ME TO SCHOODIC POINT ME OUT 25 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM SCHOODIC POINT ME TO STONINGTON ME OUT 25 NM- INTRACOASTAL WATERS FROM SCHOODIC POINT ME TO STONINGTON ME- 906 AM EDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT TUESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. GALE WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. GALE WARNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 4 to 8 inches...along with 1 to 2 inches of sleet. The event continued into the early morning hours of April 1st.
Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 3 to 8 inches...along with 1 to 2 inches of sleet. The event continued into the early morning hours of April 1st.
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